Sun Belt

Men's Sports Football
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One heck of a day for the Sun Belt.
Marshall beats Notre Dame.
App State beats Texas A&M.
Georgia Southern beats Nebraska.

Georgia State was also tied with UNC into the fourth quarter before losing by 7.

Meanwhile South Alabama handily beats Central Michigan. Leading 38-10 before giving up two late scores at Mt. Pleasant.

Population and demographic changes tilting towards Sun Belt states and away from Midwest cannot be ignored.

A lot of talent and fewer FBS schools in the sunbelt states is clearly having an impact.

Very interesting.

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The Fun Belt made an argument yesterday that it might very very be an emerging power conference. New member JMU has also had quite a start to the season. Louisiana spotted EMU 14 points yesterday and then outscored them 49-7 in the second half. Coastal has started 2-0 with a win over Army in werk one.

On the other had, the MAC looked pedestrian - with two losses to FCS programs.

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Interestingly enough, CCU had one of the weaker results for the conference yesterday, even with its win. Gardner-Webb was hanging with Coastal right up until the end.

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True. But they’re still 2-0 with a win over a good Army team and nobody in the Belt actually LOST to an FCS team.

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Sure. I’m not ragging on them. I was just saying going into the day, one would have figured CCU may have had the easiest game and they had to fight for a win while a lot of the conference was making a major statement.

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Georgia Southern’s QB Kyle Vantrease was the starter at Buffalo the past few seasons:

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Yes he was.